As Afghanistan Seeks to Reintegrate Unprecedented Number of Returnees, New MPI Report Examines Limitations of Current Return and Reintegration Policies

WASHINGTON — With as many as 1 million people forcibly returned to Afghanistan in 2016 alone and more than 5.2 million refugees assisted in their return to Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2002, the nature of return policies and reintegration assistance from European governments and others merit significant attention.